Men's Lacrosse All-NESCAC Selections Released

May 01, 2014

Tufts' Bailey Named Player of
the Year

HADLEY, Mass. - Tufts junior attack
Cole Bailey (Millersville, Md.) has been chosen by
the conference coaches as the 2014 NESCAC Player of the Year.
Bailey is the fourth Jumbo to garner the accolade, and the first
since DJ Hessler won the award in 2010 and 2011.
Bailey ranks third among conference scorers with 85 points and 40
assists for an offense that has scored 304 goals in 16 games this
season.

For the third straight year, Bailey has earned All-NESCAC
recognition, having been selected to the First Team in 2013 and the
Second Team in 2012, while also being named the 2012 Rookie of the
Year. He already ranks third on Tufts’ career points list
with 225 points on 96 goals and 129 assists in 56 games, having
tallied at least 65 points in each of his first three seasons. This
season he has registered five or more points in 12 games, including
an 11-point performance against Connecticut College, while
averaging 5.31 points per game.

The all-conference attack unit also features Amherst sophomore
Quinn Moroney (Manhasset, N.Y.) and Tufts senior
Beau Wood (Sherwood Forest, Md.). First in the
league in points (96) and assists (72), Moroney has amassed the
most points in the Jeffs’ modern era, surpassing
Derek Cherney’s total of 68 during the 2005
season. He also set conference tournament single-game records in
points (10) and assists (7) during Amherst’s quarterfinal win
over Bowdoin. Wood, a 2012 First Team recipient, is currently
second in the conference with 48 goals and fourth with 72 points.
He ranks among the top scorers in Jumbo history, as he ranks third
all-time in goals (147) and fifth in points (207) over the course
of 60 career games.

A 2013 Second Team honoree, senior Bryan Hopper
(Ridgewood, N.J.) of Hamilton was elevated to the First Team in
2014. Hopper tallied 19 goals and five assists as the
Continentals’ leading scorer at midfield in 13 games, while
recording 31 ground balls. Amherst senior Aaron
Mathis (Ridgefield, Conn.) earned all-conference plaudits
for the first time in his career, as he led all Jeff midfielders
with 38 points on 32 goals and six assists to go along with 20
ground balls. He is also tied for the conference lead with eight
man-up goals in 16 games. Rounding out the list of midfielders is
sophomore John Uppgren (Stillwater, Minn.) of
Tufts, who ranks second in the league with 93 points. He also sits
tied for first in man-up goals (8), third in goals (47) and second
in assists (46). Uppgren is three points away from setting a new
Jumbos’ single-season points record.

The defense is anchored by a pair of seniors and a sophomore who
have all been selected to the all-conference team for the first
time in their respective careers. Senior Elliot
Albert (Narbeth, Pa.) of Wesleyan has scooped up 29 ground
balls and caused 15 turnovers through 16 games for a defense that
is allowing 8.28 goals per game. Leading the Bowdoin defense is
senior Ben Brewster (Cape Elizabeth, Maine), who
led the league with a career-high 33 caused turnovers and ranked
eighth with a career-high 65 ground balls. Williams sophomore
Ryan Hamilton (Ridgewood, N.J.) received his first
All-NESCAC recognition by leading the conference’s best
defense, which held opponents to 8.12 goals per game. He has 21
ground balls and 16 caused turnovers so far this season.

Tufts senior Kane Delaney (Brookeville, Md.)
garnered First Team status at long-stick midfield for the first
time in his career. Delaney has posted five points on four goals
and an assist, with 50 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers.
Sophomore teammate Conor Helfrich (Andover, Mass.)
leads the NESCAC with 140 ground balls to compliment a faceoff
percentage of .590 (226-383) and four goals.

Middlebury senior Nate Gaudio (Cheshire, Conn.)
moved up from last season’s Second Team to earn a spot as the
First Team goalkeeper in 2014. Against conference opponents, Gaudio
(8-8) ranks third with 132 saves, a .614 save percentage and an
8.50 goals against average.

Colby’s Austin Sayre (Summit, N.J.) was
selected as the 2014 NESCAC Rookie of the Year. Sayre had a
standout first year, leading the Mules with 36 goals and 47 points.
His top performances of the season came in his collegiate debut
against Trinity when he recorded six goals and two assists and the
regular-season finale when he tallied six goals and an assist
versus Bates.
Mike Daly of Tufts and George McCormack
of Williams have been recognized by their peers as the NESCAC
Co-Coaches of the Year. Daly, who has been at the Jumbos’
helm for 16 seasons, is receiving the award for the third time in
his career after being acknowledged in 2004 and 2007. He helped
guide Tufts to its third No. 1-seed in the NESCAC Championship in
four seasons with a 9-1 conference record and a 14-2 overall mark.
McCormack earns the award for the second time in his 11th year
directing the Ephs, previously garnering the award in 2008. This
season McCormack led Williams into the postseason for the first
time in four seasons, while advancing to the semifinals for the
first time since 2008. The Ephs are 10-6 overall with a 6-4 NESCAC
record, including a win over Tufts.